Question - Crane Company purchased a machine on July 1, 2018, for $33,040. Crane paid $236 in title fees and county property tax of $148 on the machine. In addition, Crane paid $590 shipping charges for delivery, and $561 was paid to a local contractor to build and wire a platform for the machine on the plant floor. The machine has an estimated useful life of 6 years with a salvage value of $3,540.
Determine the depreciation base of Crane's new machine. Crane uses straight-line depreciation.